Ar.

Anant Raje
1

14091AA009
14091AA014
14091AA023
14091AA030
14091AA040
 EARLY LIFE : ANANT DAMODAR RAJE
2

 He was born on September 1929 in Bombay.

 In 1954 he graduated in Architecture, Sir J.J. School
of fine arts.
 1957-1960: Professional practice with Mr. B.V.
Doshi.
 He did his professional work in Ahmedabad from the
year 1961-1964
 1964-1968 : in the office of prof. Louis I. Kahn in
Philadelphia.
 1969-1971: Working on construction of the Indian
Institute of Business Management Building complex
with Louis Kahn , as his representative to develop
design details and organize site office unit and
construction work in Ahmedabad.
 He is honorary director of the School of Architecture ,
Ahmedabad.
 ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES

 Use of bold materials and very clean geometric shapes and forms
 Blend of exteriors to the interiors
 An experience using the play of textures on the external facades
 Attended to issues of light and ventilation

DESIGN CONCEPT

• His works exhibit integrity between purpose and expression, building and landscape, part
and whole, and the ultimate quality of all good architects through time – a sense of repose
• His works had an excellent understanding of the elements of building, and the law of
construction, that it gave the sense of ordering presence
• yet it is an order to enrich by the patina of materials he chooses and sensitivity of light
• His works had indeed a softness and quality of transcendence.

3
 PHILOSOPHIES
4

 He always stressed on integration of culture and

spiritual well being
 His works always aimed at simplicity and honesty
 His efforts ad designer aimed at process of
integration of man, the space around him and the
elements making up the space.
 ACHIEVEMENTS
5

 Distinguished professor’s Award from the centre for

environmental Planning and Technology(CEPT)
 The Indian Institute of Architects(IIA)
 BaburaoMhatre Gold Medal for Architecture in 1993
 The Master Award for lifetime Contribution in
Architecture from J.K Industries,India in 2000.
Anant Raje designed a number of private and public
projects in many Indian cities including

• Executive Management Centre at the Indian Institute of

Management in Ahmedabad, India
• Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal, India
• The Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.
• Museum Of Minerals, Nagpur. (unbuilt)
• Galbabhai Farmers' Training Institute in Banaskantha,
Gujarat
• MAFCO wholesale market, Mumbai, India

6
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST
MANAGEMENT

7
 ARCHITECT : ANANT RAJE
 PLACE : BHOPAL
 YEAR : 1989
 BUILDING : INSTITUTIONAL
 AREA :650000 SQ.M
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MODERN
 The design of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal was inspired
by the concept of continuity.
 Institutions are self-contained entities, whose growth is nurtured by a process of
self-renewal through the various stages of their development.

8
 Located in Nehru Nagar , in the southern west corner of the city of Bhopal.
 Situated on a hill that overlooks the Bhadbhada barrage that controls the overflow
of the upper lake or Bada Talab of Bhopal.
 The spillway for Bhadbhada tails around the IIFM hill , giving it a scenic location
surrounded by water on three sides during good monsoons.
 The inspiration for the project came from
the historical town of Mandu.
 The natural vegetation is wild grass , which
has been allowed to grow , augmented by
rows and clumps of trees.
 Walls cladded with stone in shades of green
and yellow grey.

9
PLANNING

Plan of academic complex: A. Accounts Office, B. Administrative Office, C.

Faculty Research Offices, D. Seminar Rooms, E. Class Rooms, F. Library and
Computer Centre, G. Auditorium, W. Overhead Water Tank

10
 ACADEMIC COMPLEX :
 Court surrounded by classrooms , a library , an auditorium , a seminar room.
 Library building being four storeyed serves as the focal point of academic complex.
 LIVING ZONE :
 Consists of student dormitories , a kitchen , dining areas and a space for meetings.
 Dormitories face lake and are located at the southern tip of the complex.
 OPENINGS :
 Openings are recessed into shadow pockets which become the dominant feature
controlling and directing scale and proportion throughout the building.

11
 The Amphitheatre, with a capacity of 750, is planned for multipurpose activities -
speech, music or film. The seating is partly on a flat area with removable chairs and
partly on permanent tiers.
 Built in concrete , the building’s interiors interact with the exteriors through a
medium of concrete arched skin that seems to wrap around , standing lightly along
the periphery giving the overall building a certain lightness of form.

Library

Dining halls Student Dormitory

12
 The magnificence of the clear sky is brilliantly
framed through the circular rings supported on
the arches , carefully and precisely as one
would stack cards.
 Instead of concrete being rendered into a
monolith , the facade displays a variety of
textures in concrete and stone.

 The building seems to be truly ahead of

its time and completely in compliance
with Raje’s philosophy of architecture
which aimed at simplicity and honesty.

13
 BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS

14
 BHOPAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS

 ARCHITECT : ANANT RAJE

 PLACE : BHOPAL, MADHYAPRADESH
 YEAR : 1990
 BUILDING : GOVERNAMENT OFFICE BUILDING
 AREA :3600 SQ.M
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MODERN

15
PLANNING

Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan

16
 The buildings has Kotah stone or Yellow Sandstone grit plaster expressed in the form of
regulated panel formation with exposed concrete lintels and floor bands on the exterior
surfaces.
 The same materials also cover the surfaces in the public lobbies, staircase enclosures as
well as the interiors of light wells and porches.
 The elevated plaza has rough yellow sandstone paving.
 The stair steps and lobbies and corridors have polished yellow Jaisalmer stone to give the
ambience of warmth inside the building.
 The building works with the climate, shading the internal spaces from the hot summer sun.
 All openings are integrated with the structure in such a way that they create a pocket of
shadow within which the windows fall offering a complete freedom to the design and form
of the windows.

17
West Elevation North Elevation

Sections
18
 The office floors with ground and three upper are organised with a main circulation
corridor giving access to individual cabins with attached toilets on the south sides and
to general offices on the north side.
 The corridor at two ends links up with two staircases and general staff toilets, utilities,
switch room and security personnel spaces.
 The general offices are so structured in plan as to give attached record rooms and
allowing flexible arrangement to partition any particular office space if so desired.
 The elevated plaza has rough yellow sandstone paving. The stair steps and lobbies and
corridors have polished yellow Jaisalmer stone to give the ambience of warmth inside
the building.

Public and staff

entry to offices

Porch and light wells to office

19
20
 SUMMARY
 A very close and compact plan not only ensures economy in space utilisation, economy in
structural design, economy in overall building expenditure, but a meaningful solution to
building in a hot and dry climate.
 The volumes of the buildings in this complex are progressively growing in height in direct
response their functional needs and the forms of building expressing their wilful character.
 This then is the summary of the architecture of place making. In this case it is the Head
Quarters of the Bhopal Development Authority.

21
22